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Group A: Eco-Crime Group 1
- Environmental Crime (in Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment)This entry provides an overview of the topic including who commits the crime and how crime is controlled.
- Hein Online This link opens in a new windowHein Online provides access to a vast PDF collection of legal research materials, including law journals (many of which date back to the 1800s) and a wide range of primary sources on the history of Anglo-American law.
- Prosecuting Members of the U. S. Military for Wartime Environmental CrimesScholarly article by faculty of the Brigham Young University Law School.
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, CrimesThis DOJ website outlines the work of this agency on environmental crimes. See also on this site the sections on Environmental Defense and Environmental Enforcement.
Group B: Eco-Crime Group 2
- Environmental Crime (in Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment)This entry provides an overview of the topic including who commits the crime and how crime is controlled.
- CQ Researcher Plus ArchiveCQ Researcher: See Browse Topics > Environment, Climate and Natural Resources > Land Resources and Property Rights
- Hein Online This link opens in a new windowHein Online provides access to a vast PDF collection of legal research materials, including law journals (many of which date back to the 1800s) and a wide range of primary sources on the history of Anglo-American law.
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, CrimesThis DOJ website outlines the work of this agency on environmental crimes. See also on this site the sections on Environmental Defense and Environmental Enforcement.
- "How 165 Words Could Make Mass Environmental Destruction An International Crime."An NPR news item on a proposal to add Ecocide as a crime for which the International Criminal Court would prosecute offenders.
Group C: Human Populations and Climate Change
- CQ Researcher Plus ArchiveCQ Researcher: See Browse Topics > Environment, Climate and Natural Resources > and in the search box (top right) type in "climate refugees;" then examine the five results.
- Climate Change Refugees (Africa)This entry in the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability provides background on environmental changes in Africa that led to the migration of individuals to other locations and the role of international law in addressing this issue.
- Environmental RefugeesThis entry in The Sage Encyclopedia of World Poverty outlines the myriad factors that cause populations to leave their homes due to environmental as well as economic changes. References to further resources on this topic are provided at the end of this entry.
Group D: Eco-Fiction and Motivating Individuals
The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Environment by ISBN: 9781108895118Publication Date: 2022-03-10This Companion offers a capacious overview of American environmental literature and criticism.
- "Sustainable Stories: Managing Climate Change with Literature""The paper argues that transition stories that narrate the rebuilding of the world in the midst of crisis are much better instruments in bringing about a human 'mindshift' (Göpel) than disaster stories." --publisher
- "Representing Ecological Crises in Children's Media: An Analysis of The Lorax and Wall-E""Ultimately, we conclude that a more speculative reimagining of the relationship between humans and the natural world is required to stave off the worst effects of global ecological destabilization." --publisher
- Terraforming: Ecopolitical Transformations and Environmentalism in Science Fiction"This book asks how science fiction has imagined the ways we shape both our world and other planets and how stories of terraforming reflect on science, society, and environmentalism." --publisher
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